Tarsier Studios

Tarsier Studios is a Swedish full-cycle game development studio known for atmospheric horror adventures, puzzle-platformers, stylized art direction, and environmental storytelling. Founded in 2004 as Team Tarsier, the company was incorporated as Tarsier Studios AB in 2006 and has developed original games as well as co-development work for major interactive entertainment partners.

The studio built early experience through technical collaborations with Sony Interactive Entertainment and Media Molecule, contributing to the LittleBigPlanet franchise and co-developing Tearaway Unfolded. Its breakout year was 2017, when it released the PlayStation VR puzzle game Statik alongside Little Nightmares, the dark suspense adventure recognized for its unsettling world-building, grotesque creature design, and environmental narrative.

Games and creative focus

Following Little Nightmares II, Tarsier moved toward developing its own intellectual property within the Embracer and THQ Nordic publishing family. Its 2026 co-op horror adventure REANIMAL and the follow-up REANIMAL: The Prisoner DLC continue the studio's focus on dark worlds, cooperative mechanics, and distinctive visual storytelling.

Its development capabilities include:

• Full-cycle game development and game design
• Concept, 3D environment, and character art
• Multiplatform game engineering
• Original IP development and co-development
• Atmospheric horror, puzzle-platforming, and cooperative horror mechanics

Tarsier's catalogue also includes The Stretchers, Rag Doll Kung Fu: Fists of Plastic, LittleBigPlanet PS Vita, and the original prototype The City of Metronome. The studio develops games for PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch and Switch 2, and PlayStation VR.